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(No Model') G'. H. THONSSB'N'.

PGTURE FRAME.

No. 3375033. Patented 2J 1886;

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PATENT- PICTURE- FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,033, datedl March2, 1886.

Application inea January 24, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAvE HERMAN THONssEN, of St. Louis, Missouri,have made a new anduseful Improvement in Picture- Frames, of which thefollowing isa full, clear, and exact description.

The improvement relates to that class of picture-frames which is usedfor advertising purposes.

.The object of the invention is to provide a picture-frame which may bedistributed by an advertiser and used as an ordinary pictureframe by therecipient, while at the same time it preserves intact and withinobservation the advertising` inscription.

It consists in the means by which the inscription, picture, design, orwhatever constitutes the advertisement is readily and tastefullyembodied in the frame, and so that it cannot be detached therefrom.

The annexed drawings, making part of this specification, illustrate themode of carrying out the improvement.

Figure lis a front elevation of a frame having the improvement. Fig. 2is au enlarged front elevation of a portion of the frame. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4. is a verticalsection on the line 4 et of Fig. 2.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The picture-frame A, Fig. l, consists of the base a and the facing c',Figs. 3, 4. The base is generally composed of wood, and is formed Withthe usual surrounding` rabbet, c, for the reception of any picture whichthe recipient of the frame may desire. The facing is ofthe materialtermed composition by picture dealers, and it is capable of being shapedand decorated according to any of the various styles of4 finish given topicture-frames.

The advertisement B is embodied in the frame as follows: The frame-basea, at the point or points where it is desired to introduce theadvertisement, is mortised, as at a2, Figs. 3, 4. The inscription,picture, or design b, which constitutes the advertisement, is inscribed,

printed, or otherwise produced upon a card Serial No. 153,892. (Nomodel.)

or sheet, b. The card or sheet is placed in the mortise, and then atransparent plate- 5o such as a plate of glassis placed over the card orsheet. The plate b2 and card are then held in place by means of thefacing a', substantially as shown-that is, the opening a3 in the facingis smaller than the plate, and the facing in consequence laps upon theedges of the plate, and thereby connes it and the card in the frame. Thefacing is a continuous piece of material, preferably, and, whether madein one or more pieces, is so attached to the base 6o a as to prevent itsremoval for the purpose of changing the advertisment. At the same timethe facing serves as a setting, as well as a guard, for theadvertisement, each advertisement being in effect a picture framed inthe facing.

' Any desirable number of the advertisements can, substantially asillustrated in Fig. l, be introduced into the picture-frame A, and eachadvertisement can be more or less .displayed 7o in the frame.

The glass plate b2 need not always be used. The card or sheet b may byitself be confined beneath the facing a.

I do not claim, broadly, a picture-frame having pictures or spaces forthe same in its border, as Iam aware that such frames have beenheretofore made.

I claim- A picture-frame for advertising purposes, 8o

consisting of the combination of the base a, having a mortise, a, nearthe margin thereof,

the sheet b', bearing the inscription or desigrnmd and the compositionfacing a', having in its center a space bounded by the rabbet c, adapt-8 5 ed to receive any desired picture, having an opening, c3,corresponding with but smaller than the mortise ai, and securedpermanently to the base a, whereby the advertisement is preserved andits removal prevented,and the 9o

